{"id":39271,"date":"2026-01-20T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=39271"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:35:50","slug":"fall-2025-cali-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/fall-2025-cali-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 CALI Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.vecteezy.com\/system\/resources\/previews\/004\/265\/309\/non_2x\/congratulations-wavy-elegant-calligraphy-spelling-for-decoration-on-holidays-vector.jpg\" alt=\"Congratulations. Wavy elegant calligraphy spelling for decoration on holidays. 4265309 Vector Art at Vecteezy\" width=\"511\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below are CALI Award recipients for the Fall 2025 semester. The CALI Award recognizes the student with the highest grade (or highest total raw score) in a law class.<\/p>\n<p>The list below is sorted alphabetically by course title. <em>If a course is not listed, no CALI was awarded <strong>OR<\/strong> the recipient declined public acknowledgment.<\/em> Physical certificates will be ordered this week and will arrive in a few weeks. If you have any questions about the CALI list, please<a href=\"mailto:nhmohon@memphis.edu\"> email Hope Mohon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"982\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"307\"><strong>Course<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"132\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"217\"><strong>Recipient 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"154\"><strong>Recipient 2\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"172\"><strong>Recipient 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Administrative Law<\/td>\n<td>Copes<\/td>\n<td>Logan J. Norris<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Admiralty\/Maritime Law<\/td>\n<td>Coombs<\/td>\n<td>Emaline G. Edson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ADR Mediation \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Shields<\/td>\n<td>Logan J. Norris<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ADR Mediation \u00a712<\/td>\n<td>Seely<\/td>\n<td>Oceana R. Gilliam-Pearson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appellate Advocacy<\/td>\n<td>Kritchevsky<\/td>\n<td>Jeffrey J. Engle<\/td>\n<td>Riley C. Pearson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bankruptcy Law<\/td>\n<td>Latta<\/td>\n<td>Drew Rivalto<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bar Exam Writing Fundamentals \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Abigail Stimpson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bar Exam Writing Fundamentals \u00a712<\/td>\n<td>Kerley<\/td>\n<td>Anthony Gatti<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Business Organizations<\/td>\n<td>Smith, K.<\/td>\n<td>Aaron A. Youngblood<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Civil Procedure I \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Smith, K.<\/td>\n<td>Itamar Almalem<\/td>\n<td>Jordyn M. Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Paul Lawrence Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Civil Procedure I \u00a712<\/td>\n<td>Smith, K.<\/td>\n<td>Caidyn Linda McMullen<\/td>\n<td>Apiranee S. Iverson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Civil Rights<\/td>\n<td>Kritchevsky<\/td>\n<td>Emaline G. Edson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conflicts of Law<\/td>\n<td>Newman<\/td>\n<td>Anna Marie DeJarnette<\/td>\n<td>Tessa Cavender<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Contracts I \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Copes<\/td>\n<td>Itamar Almalem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Criminal Procedure I<\/td>\n<td>Romantz<\/td>\n<td>John Mitchell Brock<\/td>\n<td>Justin Bouthillette<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Decedents&#8217; Estates<\/td>\n<td>Brashier<\/td>\n<td>Merry Ashlyn Gatewood<\/td>\n<td>Shannon Crow<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Disability Rights Clinic<\/td>\n<td>Miller<\/td>\n<td>Brooklynn Cheyenne Staten<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Education and Civil Rights<\/td>\n<td>Kiel<\/td>\n<td>Valesha T. Rhodes<\/td>\n<td>Christopher D. Marsh<\/td>\n<td>Max A. Friedman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Evidence<\/td>\n<td>Brobst<\/td>\n<td>Valesha T. Rhodes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Gender &amp; the Law Seminar<\/td>\n<td>Hillman<\/td>\n<td>Max A. Friedman<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Health Law Survey<\/td>\n<td>Shipman<\/td>\n<td>Anthony Gatti<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Income Taxation<\/td>\n<td>Smith, A.<\/td>\n<td>Jeffrey J. Engle<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Judicial Writing Seminar<\/td>\n<td>Vescovo<\/td>\n<td>Christopher D. Marsh<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Labor Law<\/td>\n<td>Tuberville<\/td>\n<td>Abigail Stimpson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Land Use Law<\/td>\n<td>Whitehead<\/td>\n<td>Jacqueline A. Fernandez Saucedo<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Drafting &#8211; Contracts<\/td>\n<td>Singh<\/td>\n<td>Bryan Blades<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Drafting &#8211; Litigation<\/td>\n<td>Grida<\/td>\n<td>James Meade<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Methods I \u00a7A1<\/td>\n<td>Kerley<\/td>\n<td>Emily Weerasinghe<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Methods I \u00a7A2<\/td>\n<td>Kerley<\/td>\n<td>Samuel D. Busbey<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Methods I \u00a7C1<\/td>\n<td>Hillman<\/td>\n<td>Caidyn Linda McMullen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Legal Methods I \u00a7E1<\/td>\n<td>Watson<\/td>\n<td>Ava M. Denton<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal Methods I \u00a7E2<\/td>\n<td>Watson<\/td>\n<td>Emily Cox<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Legal Representation and Advocacy for Children<\/td>\n<td>Fyke<\/td>\n<td>Nathan L. Daniels<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic<\/td>\n<td>Ramsey Mason<\/td>\n<td>Lillian Grace Weis<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">National Security Law<\/td>\n<td>Harvey<\/td>\n<td>Nathan L. Daniels<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Neighborhood Preservation Clinic<\/td>\n<td>Welsh<\/td>\n<td>Peyton Edwards<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Patent Law<\/td>\n<td>Bell<\/td>\n<td>Anthony Gatti<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Pre-Trial Litigation<\/td>\n<td>Calkins<\/td>\n<td>Spencer Rivers Smith<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Property I \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Brashier<\/td>\n<td>Eleanore Wiggins<\/td>\n<td>Itamar Almalem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Property I \u00a712<\/td>\n<td>Kiel<\/td>\n<td>Apiranee S. Iverson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Remedies<\/td>\n<td>Black<\/td>\n<td>Christopher D. Marsh<\/td>\n<td>Abigail Stimpson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Secured Transactions<\/td>\n<td>Black<\/td>\n<td>Abigail Stimpson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Torts I \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Smith, A.<\/td>\n<td>Itamar Almalem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Torts I \u00a712<\/td>\n<td>Brobst<\/td>\n<td>Jada Flake<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Trial Advocacy \u00a711<\/td>\n<td>Moore<\/td>\n<td>Matthew Deutsch<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"307\">Trial Advocacy \u00a712<\/td>\n<td>Stavropoulos<\/td>\n<td>Hailey Teresa Polisano<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are CALI Award recipients for the Fall 2025 semester. 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